Shinobi World.
"Pinudra."
Imu studied the report sent by Cipher Pol, deep in thought.
He had not actually placed much importance on the Dakini Clan or Pinudra himself.
Terms like "the universe's battle race" and "one of the universe's three great mercenary groups" sounded somewhat laughable now.
The report stated that Pinudra, defeated by Sanemi Shinazugawa, had been temporarily imprisoned on the third underground level of Impel Down.
This meant his combat strength had been assessed at the level of a Rear Admiral.
If a bounty were placed on him, it should be over five million Beli, equivalent to more than one hundred million Beli before.
However, the report also noted something else.
Pinudra's Rear Admiral-level strength was rather borderline. Strictly speaking, he should be considered Brigadier General level.
Yet he was indeed somewhat stronger than many Brigadier Generals.
The main reason was the Brigadier General group.
Since it was the highest rank one could attain through accumulating military merit, it was rather mixed in quality.
Starting from Rear Admiral, however, one had to undergo a combat assessment.
One needed to fight an active Rear Admiral for a full day and night without losing in order to advance from Brigadier General to Rear Admiral.
The same applied to Vice Admirals, Admirals, and Fleet Admirals above that.
This ensured that the military's upper-level combat power contained almost no "inflation."
Back to Pinudra.
He should be considered one of the ceilings of individual combat strength in Gintama.
Only Hollow, Kouan, and Kamui were likely somewhat stronger than Pinudra.
But the first two were "Altana," or what Imu called Star Spirits.
The latter was a man bearing many titles, such as "the Yato Clan's strongest king," "the savior who swept across the stars," and even "the strongest in the universe."
Using Pinudra's strength